Container seal



v R..BAER.

CONTAINER SEAL.

I APPLICATION FILED JAN- l(), 192].

Patented June 20, 1922-.

' ATTQHNEY RICHARD BAER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CONTAINER SEAL.

Application filed. January 10,1921. Serial No. 436,056.

T 0 all whom it may concern.

Be it known that'l, RICHARD BAER, a citizen of Czecho-Slovakia, and resident of'the borough of Manhattan, in the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Container Seals, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to animproved bottle seal'and has for its primary object to provide a sealing device'forbottles or other containers which may be easily and quickly applied to the outlet of the container to securely seal the same and as readily removed therefrom.

The invention further contemplates the provision of a container seal designed to be repeatedly used and which is of such construction that the various parts of the device are at all times permanently connected or associated and'the possibility of their loss thus precluded.

It is also the purpose of mypresent improvement to provide a device of the above character which can be very cheaply manufactured and sold at nominal retail cost to the individual.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in' the improved form, construction and relative arrangement of the several parts as will be hereinafter more particularly described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and subsequently incorporated in the subjoined claims.

In the drawing wherein I have illustrated one satisfactory and preferable embodiment'of the invention and wherein similar reference characters designate correspondin g parts throughout the several views f Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view through the seal. showin the same applied to the neck of a bottle or container.

Figure 2 is a side elevation, and

Figure 3 is a top plan view.

Referring in detail to the drawing, in the illustrated embodiment of my invention I provide a yoke shaped body 5 formed from a metal strip of requisite width and more or less resilient. One end of this metal strip is permanently connected as at 6 to the medial portion of a split spring metal ban'd'or ring 7. The ends of this band 7 are laterally extended closely adjacent to each other to provide latch dogs 8 having beveled end edges 9. These latch dogs are adapted for engagement through a slot 10 formed in the free end portion of the body strip 5. Each of said dogs is provided in its lower edge with a notch or recess 11 to receive the lower end edge of the slot 10, as clearly shown in Figure 1 of the drawing.

The extremity of the metal body strip 5' is bent upon itself as at 5 and downwardly turned to afford a suitable finger piece.

A clamping screw'l2 is threaded in a boss or enlargement centrally formed uponthe intermediatehorizontal portion'of the body strip 5. This screw at one end is provided with a head 12 adapted for bearing en'ga'gement upon the metal sealing cap 18. This. metal sealing cap has an uncorrugated or straight annular flange and within the same a disc of cork or other suitablematerial indicated at-14is arranged. The other end of the screw 12 is formed-with the thumb piece 15 by-means of which said screwma-y be conveniently turned.

The cap 13 islp'ermanently connected to the screw 12 by means of the angular metal strips 16, which are arranged-in opposed relation to each other and extend upon the top of the cap'13 and the annular flange thereof, each of said strips being. provided on one end with an inwardlyturned lug 16' engaging over the edge of said flange. The latter end portions of the metal strips 16 may be welded or otherwise permanently fixed to the flange of the sealing cap. The other end portions of said strips are offset above the surface of the sealing cap and overlie the head 12 on the clamping screw as-indicated at 17, said offset ends being recessed to loosely surround the shank of the screw.

7 In the application and use of the device, the yoke shapedbody strip 5 is'arranged with its arms'extend'ing longitudi-nally along diametrically opposite-sides of the bottle neck B and in contact with the peripheral bead orenlargement 6 thereof. It will be noted that the end 6* of the body strip which is'permanently connectedto the band 7 is bent inwardlysothat it underlies the bead Z). The band thus clamps against the periphery of the'bottle neck immediately beneath this bead. T he other'a rm of the strip 5 isthen forced inwardly anddownwardly and engaged with the latch "dogs 8 as Sl10W'I1 in'Figure l. The screw 12' isthen-a'djusted to force the sealing ca p downwardly and tightly clamp the sealing disc 14: upon the upper edge of the bottle neck around the outlet opening. As the cap is forced downwardly by the adjustment of the screw, the yoke 5 is, of course, pulled upwardly, thus causing the upper edge of the band 7 to be brought into tight frictional contact with the underside of the head 6. Consequently the device will be very firmly or securely fixed upon the bottle neck and its turning movement, which would tend to loosen the clamping screw, entirely obviated. In this manner a very effective seal of the bottle is procured. The device can be readily detachcd or removed by simply loosening the screw and forcing downwardly on one arm of the yoke 5 to disengage said arm from the latch dogs 8. hen removed it will be observed that all parts of the device remain permanently connected so that they will not become misplaced or lost. By means of a sealing device of this nature, a portion of the contents of the bottle may be decanted and the sealing cap then readily replaced to again efi'ectually seal the bottle.

From the foregoing description considered in connection with the accompanying drawing, it will be seen that I have produced a sealing device for bottles and other containers of very simple and inexpensive construction and which is admirably adapted for household use. Vhile I have referred to the seal as primarily designed for use in connection with bottles for containing beverages, itwill be apparent that by resorting to obvious structural modifications, the device may also be employed with equal efficieney upon jars or other forms of containers. It is, therefore, to he understood that while I have herein illustrated one practical embodiment of my improved container seal, the device is nevertheless susceptible of exemplification in many other alternative constructions and I reserve the privilege of adopting all such legitimate changes in the form, coi'istruction and arrangement of the several parts as may be fairly embodied in the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

I claim:

1. A container seal comprising a band adapted to be passed about the container below the mouth thereof and to engage with a portion of the container to avoid move ment toward said month, said band having its free ends outturned and lying in substantially parallel planes, a yoke having one end engaged with the intermediate port-ion of the band and adapted to extend across the mouth of the bottle, the other end of the yoke being slotted and closed at the sides of the slot, said slot adapted to engage about.

the parallel out-turned ends of the band, said slotted end portion of the yoke and the out-turned end of the band having co-operating interlocking means, a cap for the bottle mouth, and means held by the yoke for pressing the cap against the bottle mouth.

2. A seal for bottles and the like comprising a resilient band adapted to be placed about a bottle neck beneath an outstanding bead thereon and having its free end portions outturned and arranged to be brought into proximity to each other and having undercut notches in their lower edges, a yoke strip secured at one end to the median portion of said band and arranged to extend upwardly about said bead and over the top of the bottle neck, said yoke strip having a slot in its free end portion adapted to receive the outturned ends of the band therethrough and the lower edge of the slot being adapted to engage the notches in the ends of the band for interlocking the parts together, said yoke strip having its free end bent outwardly to form a cam face and a finger held to the outer edge portions of said ends of the band having beveled faces adapted to guide the yoke strip into its interlocking relation with the band, and a cap carried upon the yoke strip adapted to close the top of the bottle neck.

3. A container seal comprising a thin flat metallic band adapted to encircle the container at a distance below the mouth thereof and adapted to be held against movement toward the month, said flat band having free out-turned ends lying side by side in substantially parallel planes, the under edges of the out-turned ends being provided with registering notches, a yoke having one end engaged with the intermediate portion of the band and extending across the mouth of the bottle, the other end of the yoke being pro.- vided with a slot being closed about all its edges and adapted to be received over the out-turned ends of the band and having the portion beneath the slot adapted to extend into said notches, a cap for the container mouth, and presser means, carried by the yoke for operating against the cap.

4-. A container seal comprising a band passing about the container near the mouth, a yoke connected to the band and. extending across the mouth of the container, a cap on the container, a. screw held by the yoke and having a head band against the cap, and angle strips welded to the cap and having overturned ends engaged beneath the edges of the cap, said strips further having offset inner ends engaging freely upon the screw head.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name hereunder.

arenas-n BAER. 

